Who We Are

The New York SHRAB consists of the following eleven members appointed by the Commissioner of Education.

Anne Ackerson, Director
Museum Association of New York
265 River Street
Troy, NY 12180
Phone: (518) 273-3400
Fax: (518) 273-3416
Email: info@manyonline.org

Bob Clark, Supervisory Archivist
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
4079 Albany Post Road
Hyde Park, NY 12538
Phone: (845) 486-7742
Email: robert.clark@nara.gov

Patricia Niles Dohrenwend, retired
Volunteer advocate for local history
Former director, Westchester County Archives
60 Summit Ave.
Bronxville, NY 10708
Phone: (914) 779-2840
Email: patty.dohrenwend@gmail.com

Elaine Engst, University Archivist
Cornell University
Division of Rare & Manuscript Collections
2B Kroch Library
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: (607) 255-3530
Email: ee11@cornell.edu

Kenneth Paul O’Brien
Associate Professor of History
SUNY College at Brockport
Brockport, NY 14220
Phone: (585) 395-2900
Fax: (585) 395-5397
Email: kobrien@brockport.edu

Robert Sink
Consulting Archivist
900 W 190th Street (14G)
New York, NY 10040
Phone: (917) 903-9135
Email: bsink01@gmail.com

Sallie Sypher
Deputy Putnam County Historian
68 Marvin Avenue
Brewster, NY 10509-1515
Phone: work (845) 278-7209 home (845) 528-7895
Fax: (845) 278-4865
Email: historian@putnamcountyny.com (W)
Home email: syphers@optonline.net

Cathryne Welch, Executive Director
Foundation of New York State Nurses
2113 Western Ave., Suite 1
Guilderland, NY 12084
Phone: (518) 456-7858 x 22
Fax: (518) 452-3760
Email: cwelch@foundationnysnurses.org

Geoffrey P. Williams
University Archivist/Campus Records Officer
University at Albany, SUNY
Special Collections and Archives LE 356
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
Phone: (518) 437-3936
Fax: (518) 437-3930
Email: gwilliams@uamail.albany.edu

The New York State Archives serves as the secretariat of The New York SHRAB and is responsible for its administrative functions.

Christine Ward, State Coordinator
Assistant Commissioner
New York State Archives
Room 9C49, Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Telephone: 518-473-7091; Fax: 518-473-7058
Email: cward@mail.nysed.gov

Kathleen Roe, Deputy Coordinator
Director of Operations
New York State Archives
Room 9D46, Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Telephone: 518-473-4254
Email: kroe@mail.nysed.gov

Maria Holden, Staff Liaison
Chief of Archival Services
New York State Archives
Room 9D46, Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Telephone: 518-474-4856
EMail: mholden@mail.nysed.gov